Llista de persones eixecutades en Estats Units des de 1976
Esta és una llista d'eixecucions portades a terme des de la reimplantació de la pena capital en els Estats Units, s'inclou informació sobre la data en que es va realisar l'eixecució, edat de la persona eixecutada, raça, sexe i un breu resum del crim pel qual va ser condenada la persona a mort.
| 1977 – 1 execution | |||||||
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| # | Persona eixecutada | Raça | Edat | Sexe | Data de eixecució |
Victim(s) | L'assessinat |
| 1 | Gary Gilmore | Blanc | 36 | M | 17-Jan-1977 | Ben Bushnell, Max David Jensen | On Monday, July 19, 1976, Max Jensen went to work as usual at the self-service gas station in Orem, Utah. That night, Gilmore had a spat with his girlfriend and went driving with her mentally unstable younger sister, April. At around 10:30 pm he told April he wanted to make a phone call. He left her in the truck and walked away. Gilmore went around the corner, out of her sight, and into the Sinclair service station. He spotted the attendant and quickly saw that no one else was around. He walked up to Max Jensen and pulled out a .22 Browning Automatic. He instructed Jensen to empty his pockets, which the young Mormon quickly did. Then he told Jensen to go into the bathroom and lie down on the floor with his arms under his body. Jensen got into the position. He was obeying everything that Gilmore said. Then inexplicably, Gilmore put the gun close to Jensen's head. "This one is for me," he said, and fired. Then he placed the muzzle right against Jensen's skull and shot him once again, this time "for Nicole." (girlfriend Nicole Baker Barrett)
Gilmore spent the night with April at a motel and the following night, he walked into the City Center Motel in Provo, not far from Brigham Young University. He confronted the attendant, Ben Bushnell, who lived on the premises with his wife and baby. Gilmore told Ben to give him the cash box and get down on the floor. Then he shot Bushnell in the head. Bushnell's wife came in, so Gilmore grabbed the cash box and left. Trying to dispose of the gun in a nearby bush, Gilmore shot himself in the hand. By Wednesday, Gilmore's cousin, Brenda Nicol, turned him into the police. Gilmore gave up near a roadblock without a fight. At first, he denied the murders, but later admitted both. |
| 1979 – 2 executions | |||||||
| 2 | John Spenkelink | Blanc | 30 | M | 25-May-1979 | Joseph J. Szymankiewicz | |
| 3 | Jesse Bishop | Blanc | 46 | M | 22-Oct-1979 | David Ballard | En 1977, Bishop estava en procés de furtar el cassino del Morocco, un cassino de Las Vegas, quan va ser interromput per Ballard, que havia deixat la seua recepció nupcial propenca per a intervindre. Segons un testic, Bishop va disparar a Ballard "com un gos".
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| 1980 – No executions | |||||||
| 1981 – 1 execution | |||||||
| 4 | Steven Timothy Judy | Blanc | 25 | M | 03-Sept-1981 | Terry Chasteen,Misty Zollers,Stephen Chasteen,Mark Chasteen | Judy va testificar que despuix va violar a Terry Chasteen i li va nugar les mans i els peus i la va amordaçar. Quan Terry va cridar, els chiquets varen córrer cap a la sendera cap a ells. Judy va dir que els chiquets estaven al voltant d'ell i va cridar. En eixe moment, va estrangular a Terry Chasteen i va tirar el seu cos a la riera. Judy va testificar que despuix va tirar a cada u dels chiquets tan llunt com va poder en l'aigua. Va dir que recordava haver vist a un dels chiquets que estava en la riera.
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| 1982 – 2 executions | |||||||
| 5 | Frank James Coppola | Blanc | 38 | M | 03-Sept-1981 | Muriel Hatchell | Hatchell estava nugat en cordes cegues venecianes i despuix el seu cap es va estrelar repetidament en el sol, supostament per Coppola, fins que va morir. Coppola i els seus còmpliços varen fugir en $ 3.100 en efectiu i alguns anells de l'escena del crim. [2] El 26 de setembre de 1978, Coppola va ser declarat culpable d'assessinat capital en primer grau i sentenciat a mort en la cadira elèctrica de Virginia.
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| 6 | Charles Brooks Jr. | Negre | 40 | M | 12-Jul-1982 | David Gregory | El 14 de decembre de 1976, Brooks i dos amics varen usar heroïna, varen beure i varen decidir anar a furtar. Quan el seu coche es va trencar, Brooks va ser a un concessionari d'automòvils propenca i va demanar provar conduir un coche. Un empleat del concessionari, David Gregory, un mecànic de 26 anys tenia que anar en Brooks d'acort en la política de la companyia. Una volta dins, Brooks va seqüestrar a Gregory i va anar a un hotel, on ell i els seus amics ho varen nugar i ho varen matar a tirs. |
| 1983 – 5 executions | |||||||